Hermann Günther Grassmann (1809-1877)
Subtitle: visionary mathematician, scientist and neohumanist scholar : papers from a sesquicentennial conference
By: edited by Gert Schubring.
Contributors: Grassmann, Hermann, 1809-1877.; Schubring, Gert.
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science ;; v. 187
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: Grassmann, Hermann, 1809-1877 -- Congresses; Scientists -- Germany -- Biography -- Congresses; Mathematicians -- Germany -- Biography -- Congresses; Humanists -- Germany -- Biography -- Congresses; Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Congresses
Description: In this volume specialists from several disciplines present the first comprehensive, readily-accessible analysis of Grassmann's thought, its historical context and emergence, its reception, and its continuing influence on many branches of learning. The book addresses a general public in mathematics, physics, and linguistics, including graduate students in these fields, as well as historians of these disciples.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.